A sort of war of revenge on the intellect is what, for some reason, thrives in the contemporary social atmosphere.

''Revolution'' today is taken for granted, and in consequence becomes rather dull.

No American worth his salt should go around looking for a root. I advance this in all modesty, as a not unreasonable opinion.

The art of advertisement, after the American manner, has introduced into all our life such a lavish use of superlatives, that no standard of value whatever is intact.

Feminism was recognized by the average man as a conflict in which it was impossible for a man, as a chivalrous gentleman, as a respecter of the rights of little nations (like little Belgium), as a highly evolved citizen of a highly civilized community, to refuse the claim of this better half to self-determination.

Behind the scenes there is a secretive, undeclared war of revenge that's already under way.